The C2 (L1A1) rifle in 7.62×51 in use by Canadian Forces circa 1983
Category: Guns of Canada
Guns of Canada
1946 SLR (EX-2) .30 Caliber
Experimental rifle built by Canadian Arsenals Limited.
From Milart Photo Archives
As Canadian as a .455 Colt
By Branko Diklitch for CanadianGunBlog.com
As a member of the Commonwealth and neighbor to the USA, Canada’s early military pistols have been a mix of American and British pistols and calibers. Canada’s first military pistol round was the .45 Colt, chambered in the Colt 1878 Double Action Revolver. By the beginning of World War I Canada settled on the British .455 Webley round chambered in a variety of Webley, Smith & Wesson, and Colt revolvers.
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Centurion Tank with 105mm Gun tearing up a little dirt.
Guns of Canada
The Vickers Machine Gun
A .303 caliber water cooled machine gun developed by the Vickers Company before the First World War for the British army seen here in use by Canadian PPCLI soldiers training in England circa 1942.
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The Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. 1 (T) 303 British
Sniper Sergeant Harold A. Marshall of the Canadian Calgary Highlanders’ Scout and Sniper Platoon in Europe during WWII
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The Bren Gun
According to the web site Canada at War this is Private H. E. Goddard, of the Perth Regiment, carrying his Bren gun as he advances through a forest north of Arnhem with the 5th Canadian Armored Division. Photo via Wikipedia.
For God, King and Country
Guns of Canada
A look at the history of personal and military arms in Canada.
3.7 inch Anti-aircraft gun in service with the 43 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA for the defence of Vancouver, ca 1945. (DND Photo)
